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January 8, 2020
CONFIDENTIAL AND VIA EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Ms. Sonia Barros, Esq., Assistant Director |
| Ms. Folake Ayoola, Esq., Senior Counsel |
| Mr. Wilson Lee, Staff Accountant |
| Mr. Eric McPhee, Staff Accountant |
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Re: | Phoenix Tree Holdings Limited |
| Registration Statement on Form F-1 |
| File No. 333-234354 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client, Phoenix Tree Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “Company”), we are filing herewith the Company’s Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the “Amendment No.1”) and certain exhibits via EDGAR with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company notes that it has included the estimated price range (the “price range”) for its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and related disclosure in the preliminary prospectus which forms a part of the Amendment No. 1.
The Company will commence its marketing activities in connection with the IPO shortly after the date hereof. The Company plans to request that the Staff declare the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on or about January 16, 2020, and will file the joint acceleration requests in time before the requested effective time. We would greatly appreciate the Staff’s willingness to work with the Company to achieve this IPO timetable.
DANIEL FERTIG ADAM C. FURBER YI GAO ADAM S. GOLDBERG MAKIKO HARUNARI JONATHAN HWANG IAN C. HO ANTHONY D. KING CELIA C.L. LAM CHRIS K.H. LIN JIN HYUK PARK KATHRYN KING SUDOL CHRISTOPHER K.S. WONG
RESIDENT PARTNERS
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We enclose herewith five (5) courtesy copies of the Amendment No.1, which has been marked to show changes to the Company’s Registration Statement filed with the Commission on October 28, 2019 (the “October 28 Filing”).
The Company has responded to the Staff’s comment contained in the comment letter dated November 4, 2019 from the Staff (the “November 4 Comment Letter”) and the Staff’s verbal comment conveyed to us on November 18, 2019 (the “Verbal Comment”) by revising the October 28 Filing or providing explanations in response to the comments.
Set forth below are the Company’s responses to the Staff’s comment in the November 4 Comment Letter and the Verbal Comment. The Staff’s comments are retyped in bold italics below for your ease of reference.
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November 4 Comment Letter: Cover Page
1. We refer to the graphics presented in the insider front cover. Please revise to provide the dates for the iResearch reference in footnotes 4 and 5.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised footnotes 4 and 5 to the insider front cover to include the dates for the iResearch reference.
Verbal Comment
2. We note KPMG Huazhen LLP has served as the Company’s auditor since 2019. Please advise whether the Company has engaged any other independent accountant as the principal accountant to audit the Company’s financial statements in the Company’s two most recent fiscal years (i.e. 2017 and 2018) and any subsequent interim period. If yes, please provide the disclosure required by Item 4.d of Form F-1, which cross references Item 16F of Form 20-F.
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it has not engaged any independent accountant other than KPMG Huazhen LLP as the principal accountant to audit the Company’s financial statements in the Company’s two most recent fiscal years (i.e. 2017 and 2018) and any subsequent interim period.
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If you have any question regarding the Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact me at +852-2514-7620 (work), +852-6588-7136 (mobile) or ygao@stblaw.com (email).
| Very truly yours, |
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| /s/ Yi Gao |
| Yi Gao |
Enclosures
cc: Derek Boyang Shen, Chairman
Jing Gao, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Yan Cui, President and Director
Jason Zheng Zhang, Chief Financial Officer
Phoenix Tree Holdings Limited
Chris Lin
Daniel Fertig
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Benjamin Su
Daying Zhang
Latham & Watkins LLP
Allen Lu
Enid Yang
KPMG Huazhen LLP